JUDGMENT

Radhakrishna Rao, J. - This appeal is preferred by A-1 in S.C. No. 181 of 1989, on the file of the Additional Sessions Judge, Warangal, against his conviction and sentence. After trial, A-1 was convicted for the offence under section 498A, I.P.C. and sentenced to undergo R-1 for two years and to pay a fine of Rs. 1,000/-. A-2 was acquitted. A-1 also charged for the offence under section 302, I.P.C. but he was acquitted of the charge.

2. The prosecution case is that the deceased (wife of A-1) was harassed during her lifetime after marriage and A-1 developed the idea of getting rid of deceased and to marry the daughter of P.W. 10. Due to this reason A-1 caused the murder of his wife. With regard to the cause of death, A-1 got benefit of doubt for the offence under section 302, I.P.C.

3. The deceased is a young lady and she was not ailing with any serious disease, which made her to commit suicide. P.W. 2, the elder sister of the deceased, deposed that the deceased was complaining to her that she was being harassed by A-1 whenever P.W. 2 went to her house or whenever she came to her house. P. W. 2 also stated that the deceased told her that A-1 was ill-treating her on the grou